replacement
English
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editreplacement (countable and uncountable, plural replacements)
- A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
- 2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC[1]:
- Rovers lost keeper Robinson to a calf problem at half-time and his replacement Mark Bunn, making his Premier League debut, was immediately called into action - pushing away a vicious Peter Odemwingie drive at the near post.
- The act of replacing something.
- The replacement of that broken light-bulb will have to wait until I can buy a new one.
- The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.
Synonyms
edit- See also Thesaurus:substitute
Derived terms
edit- blood replacement
- bus replacement service
- double replacement reaction
- double-replacement reaction
- Great Replacement
- great replacement theory
- hip replacement
- hormone-replacement therapy
- hormone replacement therapy
- language replacement
- overreplacement
- rail replacement service
- replacement character
- replacement depot
- replacement theology
- replacement theory
- replacement theory
- subreplacement
- there is no replacement for displacement
- value over replacement player
- white replacement theory
Translations
edita person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute
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act of replacing
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See also
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edit- replacement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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